avlanmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آولانمق (avlanmaḳ, “to be hunted, to be duped, to be suited to be used in hunting”), from Ottoman Turkish آولامق (avlamaḳ, “to hunt, to deceive, to dupe”), from Ottoman Turkish آو (av, “the chase, hunting of any kind, game, prey”), from Proto-Turkic *āb (“the act of hunting or that which is hunted”), morphologically av (“prey, game”) +‎ -le +‎ -n (“passive and reflexive suffix”) +‎ -mak. Cognates with Azerbaijani ovlanmaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβ.ɫanˈmak/
• Hyphenation: av‧lan‧mak

Verb

avlanmak (third-person singular simple present avlanır)

1. passive of avlamak
   1. (intransitive) To be hunted.
   2. (intransitive) To be deceived.
2. (intransitive) To go on a hunt, to go hunting, to search for prey.

   Synonym: ava çıkmak

   Aslan avlanırken canından oluyordu. ― The lion almost died while hunting.

   Çok ilginç avlanma tekniğine sahip 5 hayvan. ― 5 animals with very interesting methods of hunting.

   Gece avlanırken bir ışık kaynağına ihtiyacınız olacak. ― When you go hunting at night, you'll need a light source.

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References

Further reading

• “avlanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “avlanmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “avlanmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 327